Srinagar:
Police on Tuesday announced the arrest of a militant allegedly involved in the attack on migrant workers from Punjab who were killed in Srinagar last week.
During a press conference, ADGP Vijay Kumar and IGP V K Bidri stated that the police had successfully apprehended the militant responsible for the attack within just 6 days.
“On 07.02.2024, at about 1900 hours, unknown militants opened fire upon two persons at Shalla Kadal, Shaheed Gunj Srinagar. In this incident, one Amritpal Singh S/o Sarmukh Singh R/o Chamyari succumbed to his injuries on the spot. Another person namely Rohit Masi S/o ParinMasi R/o Chamyari, Amritsar was evacuated to SMHS Hospital and then to SKIMS Soura Srinagar. Rohit Masi later succumbed to his injuries on 08.02.2024,” the police officers said.
They mentioned that upon registering case FIR no. 08/2024 u/s 302, 307 IPC, 7/27 Arms Act, 15,16,20 ULA(P) Act in PS Shaheed Gunj, Srinagar Police had detected the case leading to the identification of the accused who carried out the militant attack on these two individuals from Punjab and the subsequent recovery of the weapon of offense and other incriminating material.
Srinagar Police, based on technical and field analysis, zeroed in upon certain suspects and later, based upon clinching evidence collected during the investigation, identified and arrested the main accused namely Adil Manzoor Langoo S/o Manzoor Ahmad Langoo R/o Zaldager Srinagar, they said and added, “It came to fore that the accused had conspired with his handler across in Pakistan for the attack.”
“ His handler in Pakistan lured him on social media and provided him with the weapon to carry out the attack. In furtherance of the same, the accused identified his targets and tracked them in the lanes of Shalla Kadal and opened fire upon both of them, who consequently succumbed to their injuries,” they added.
Pertinently, LeT affiliate TR has claimed responsibility for this attack on their social media channel. DIG CKR has constituted a SIT to be headed by SP South for the investigation of the case and further investigation is being attended to expeditiously.